Ms. Arnold’s Classroom News (1/8/15)
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What We've Been Up To:
Happy 2015! It was a cold one, but boy did we have a great week back!
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| Snowy Owl Winter Scenes. |
*New Year's: On behalf of the Owl class, we would like to wish you a very Happy 2015! We spent the beginning of our week talking about making resolutions. We read a great story by Pat Miller called Squirrel's New Year's Resolution. In this story, all of squirrel's friends have New Year's resolution, but squirrel doesn't! As he was helping other's fulfill their resolutions, he realized he could make a resolution to always help others. Using this as inspiration, 2AA created beautiful mobile's for a, "New Year, New Me!" While these are adoring our classroom now, they'll be headed your way soon!
In addition to our mobiles, following the giraffe class' lead, we made adorable "New Year's Toasts". Thinking of others, each student needed to choose one person and one wish for them. Here are a few of our "toasts"!
*Math: We wrapped up Unit #4: Place Value & Measurement this week. This was a jam-packed unit covering a TON of skills, but your second graders are doing fantastic! We had a lot of fun practicing telling time this week (I've been noticing huge improvements, especially in this area!). A favorite activity we played was, "What time is it?" in which wore paper watches and had to walk up to their classmates and ask, "What time is it?".
Bedtime Bandit!
In addition to our mobiles, following the giraffe class' lead, we made adorable "New Year's Toasts". Thinking of others, each student needed to choose one person and one wish for them. Here are a few of our "toasts"!
*Math: We wrapped up Unit #4: Place Value & Measurement this week. This was a jam-packed unit covering a TON of skills, but your second graders are doing fantastic! We had a lot of fun practicing telling time this week (I've been noticing huge improvements, especially in this area!). A favorite activity we played was, "What time is it?" in which wore paper watches and had to walk up to their classmates and ask, "What time is it?".
We will be taking a midyear assessment this upcoming week, while also beginning Unit #5: Addition & Subtraction.
For continued practice of important second grade math skills. check out some of these resources:
Measurement:
Base-10 Representation:
Comparing Values:
Telling Time:Bedtime Bandit!
*Indoor Recess: The cold temperatures kept us inside for a record four consecutive days! That certainly didn't stop the fun for these kiddos though. Working together, we had huge block creations built, a simulated animal kennel created, and plans to build a time machine written! Hopefully we will make it outside next week. Please remind your child that they need snow gear (snow pants, boots, and mittens in order to play on the structure or out in the field). Also, please make sure all winter gear is clearly labeled--at the end of the day many second graders don't recognize that a glove on the ground may actually be theirs :)
*January Related Arts Schedule:
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Coming Up:
-Friday, Jan. 16: Scholastic Book Order Due
- Monday, Jan. 19th: No School (MLK Jr. Day)
I love the way your snowy owls came out!! The "toasts" look awesome out in the hallway :)
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